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It had been many years since I last went camping, but in the last few months I have been aching for more time in the mountains surrounded by trees. Living on the coast in Southern California makes it difficult to get my dose of green, so I’ve been pestering hubby for weeks to [...]
Archive for the ‘Happiness’ Category
Lessons from our camping weekend
Posted in Frugal, Green Living, Happiness, Out in Nature, Simple Living on July 1, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I want to buy a house
Posted in Financial Freedom, Goals, Happiness, Personal Finances on January 30, 2009 | 4 Comments »
All this talk of buying houses by Early Retirement Middle Way and Money on My Mind has me yearning for another property of my own. Of course, it’s completely out of the question for the moment because:
I’m in the USA for another two years so there is no point buying another house back in Australia now;
My [...]
The future of radio
Posted in Frugal, Happiness on January 16, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I love listening to music. When I’m in a particular mood, finding just the right song makes me feel like I have my very own soundtrack to my life. Unfortunately, I have great difficulty finding music I love. I have very different tastes to the rest of my friends so just coming across a song I love [...]
Dreams – a look at life 5 years from now
Posted in Goals, Happiness, Inspiration, Simple Living, Travel on January 13, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Lately it seems I’ve been talking a lot about nitty-gritty personal finance stuff. It’s not what I had intended for this blog, but it seems that it’s what has had me pre-occupied since the beginning of the year. I need to get all that sorted out this month so I can think more about my journey towards [...]
Broad thoughts on my Financial situation
Posted in Books, Financial Freedom, Goals, Happiness, Personal Finances on January 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’m currently reading Your Money or Your Life. It’s one of those books which seems to have been raved about on many of the blogs I frequent. Based on the title, I figured it was just another book about how to make or save more money. I just finished the preface last night and I’m pleased [...]
On reading
Posted in Books, Happiness, Inspiration, Simple Living on January 3, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I truly love to read. It’s the one thing that features in my memories from every stage of my life.
My father teaching me about the Solar System from the age of five and the quantity of books I collected about the Universe from a very young age.
My mother reading to me every night before bed [...]
Why I’m already rich
Posted in Happiness, Inspiration on December 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I have a roof over my head
I have food in my belly
I have clean water to drink
I have clothes on my back
I have access to health care
I have people who care for me
I can read
I do not live in fear for my life
I have work that does not make me sick
I have the ability to [...]
